This was a fad back in early 2009. I decided to go super deep on it.
Leo Staley:
I'm a bizarre chap, with an intense, often irritating and (hopefully) endearing personality.
I'm a Christian, and I'm deeply concerned with being as intelligent and educated as I can, and I believe that to be a moral imperative, especially for Christians, and esspecially in the areas of religion, psychology, and biblical contexts.
I'm a Christian and I've also also experienced some pretty intense emotional pain in my life, and I believe in being emotionally responsible in ways that the church, and our society at large is not (more on that later).
I'm a Christian, and I long to know God himself ever better, to taste of his presence and lovingkindness, ever deeper, and I am grieved that this zeal is as absent in the church as it seems to be.
I'm a Christian and I seek to be morally, and in every other way, transformed by the breaking in of God's Kingdom into my life, and the whole world. I think that I, and all Christians should strive toward making his Kingdom a reality for all the neighbors and impoverished and marginalized in this world.
Because I think it accurately captures me, I think that I shall also post my "25 things about me" on my facebook. You may not want to read this because it's pretty deep. Too deep.
1. i recently found out that i was 5'11" 1/2, not 6'. this depressed the hell out of me.
2. I can sometimes have a psychopathic imagination, thinking up cruel, terrible things, but I could never do them because of A) Jesus, my savior, and B) my ridiculously compassionate side.
3. I have a ridiculously compassionate side, and I feel people's pains and joys with them easily and eagerly.
4. I'm *ruthlessly honest*, and can hurt people's feelings, or hurt my reputation/image because I say whatever i truly think or feel. I believe everyone should be ruthlessly honest- to that point.
5. If I ever go back on something I said before, it's usually because I didn't realize then what I realize now.
6. I am obsessed with healing relationships i've had that have gone awry, because they're so important to me.
7. Apparently I have a gene which prevents well adjusted girls from having feelings for me. This is the saddest item on this list.
8. My two greatest fears are being a fake/hypocrite and being forgotten. I tend to trade relief of one at the cost of experiencing the other.
9. If you knew more about number 8 you would know almost every important thing about me.
10. I have a pretty weird sense of humor which changes regularly. Sometimes it's puns and wordplays, others it's dark humor, other times it's slapstick, other times it's a british humor, other times it's stuff that only i get... etc.
11. I have really really really bad ADHD, and can't concentr
12. I like starcraft, 90's cartoons like Animaniacs and Freakazoid, 90's music and Lion King, party video games, out doors, children (normally, I'd rather sit at the kids table at thanksgiving/christmas dinners)
13. I also enjoy nsync, backstreet boys, early Christina Aguilera, and pretty much a lot of embarrassing music. Just like Cacy. That weirdo.
14. I love writing short stories when I can concentrate on them.
15. Jesus loves me more than I can understand
16. When I really discovered #15, it flipped a switch in my head/heart, and now I throw my hands in the air during praise/worship singing, I throw them like I just don't care.
17. I hold a lot of uncommon/unpopular view points, but I hate debating.
18. On the other hand, I believe that correct doctrine IS important, so I get sucked in pretty often.
19. I believe in having an (1)emotionally mature, (2)ruthlessly intellectually rigorous, (3)spiritually satisfying, (4) real-world-changing relationship with God,
20. The only one of those that I even approach competence at on that is number two, but by the grace of God, i'm working on the rest.
21. I believe that the Bible is both a VERY human set of documents, and a VERY divine set of documents, and ought to be viewed as scripture in light of both.
22. I read a lot of literature about the Bible and religion and Christianity, often times more than the Bible itself...
23. I dream about being a pastor/evangelist, and speaking to lots of people about the revolutionary love of God.
24. It is extremely hard for me to self-motivate, but when I have people or deadlines motivating me, I can be a force to reckon with.
25. I recently discovered that i'm not 6' tall, but rather, 5' 11" 1/2. this depressed the heck out of me.
